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!A NAVAL ,Ftem :The LO N DON . C; .4Z Err 8 . , `. 17 0. .gt" 1."" Admiralty-Office, Feb. 9, 1808. Copy ftf a Letter tranpnitied by Rear-Admiral the Right Hort. Sir Alexander Cochrane,KA. . , 4 His Majesty's Gun-brig Attentive, Grenada, Wider 24, 1807. SIR, -- -I beg leave t o inform you of my having captured, on the 17th inst. between Tobago and Trinidad, the Spanish Privateer-lugger Neustra Se nora Del Carmen, commanded 'by Don Thomas° Lisaro, rowing forty sweeps, mounting two carriage guni,' with swivels, small arms, Scc. and carrying d 3 men, three of whom were wounded in , the Chace. She was only 15 days from Barcelona, and , • had captured the Sloop Harriot;of St. Vincent. I have the honour to be, &e. li (Signed) s ~., OULIIT t..emtn. Rear-ddmiral the Hon. Sir Alexander Cochrane, K. B. &c. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 7.—Arrived the Thais Slhop of War, Capt. FERRIERS, from the West Indies:— . Likewise the Belleue Sloop of War, from the North Sea, The Druid Frigate went out of Harbour yesterday, and anchored in the Sound, FEB. 3.—Arrived the Shannon Frigate, from Ma deira, with six light Transports under convoy, which • tcok ant the troops to oeCupfthat Island. The Shannon brings intelligence that on her passage she fell in with the Amethyst Frigate, Capt. SEymoutt, i horn which she received information that on the pre ceding day the Amethyst had fallen in „with two French Frigates, and had kept them cornp2iny for several hours, but lost them in the night the day before she fell in with them she spoke the Emerald Prigate, also on a cruize. The destination . of the French Frigates is of course unk no wn. Arrived the Plover Sloop of War from a ereize. Sailed the Druid Frigate, Orestes and Frolic Sloops of on a cruize. PORTSMOUTH FE/h g.—Arrived His Majesty's Ship Locust from a cruize ; and the Virago, with the Duke of Bronte, George., Princess Royal, Bellona, _ - - dgeonora, Henry Addington, and 'General Green kid, Transports, froril Also arrived the Resistance Frigate, Capt. ADAM, from a cruize. Sailed the Brunswick, of 74 guns, Capt. GRAVES, Et. Alban's, 64, Capt. AUSItN, and Dispatch Brig, Capt. LILLICRAP, to the Westward ; Goshao Brig, Capt. INNES, Cossack Sloop of War, Capt: DIOBY, Pickl e Schooner, Lieut. CALLAWAY, and Adonis Cutter, Lieut. ArKu.Lor, on separate' cruizes. Sailed also the Susannah Margaretta, LAMB, for orway ; Industry, atvis, - for • Cardiff; Richard, 1)8 "BY 'for Belfast; and .- Pomona, BotaN, for Stock holm. ' Went out of Harbour this day the kart bunzt ! :).- 1444 ) of 7 , 1, guns, Capt. HAttc9ooo,,,arltrl 4 10 0 0 Cutter, Lieut. MANTON. The 'ilvenger Sloop of War,,,Capt• WRITE , takes convoy to the Eastward. The Transports from the Mediterranean were yes terday released from quarantine at the Mother Bank. The weather has been- for some time back very ,13nfavourable, insomuch that the Guerriere Frigate, apt. A. SKEME, having on bnord his Grace the Duke of MANCHMTEIi, cannot proceqd to the place of her. de st i nat io n until the wind changes. The Hyacinth Man of W i t has the SignaLflyiPg for a Convoy to the West Indies. We understand that General PitEvoir and Suite embark on board the Penelope, for Bermuda. SHEERNESS, FEB. 7.—Sailed The CentinerGun. brig, Lieut. KING, with convoy for the Baltic. Arrived the Chichester Store Ship from the Lee ward Islands. Hazy-rase-r vE ,- --Upwards of 30 Sail are coming 'gyp below the No r e for the River. A Tender arrived from the Tower, with too im pressed men and Volunteers for the Fleet, and 20 French prisoners, with the latter of which she pro ceeded to Gillingham. , he Oriel Sloop of War is ordered from Harwich to Woolwich, to be repaired. The Franchise Frigate, Capt. DASHWOOD, sailed for Portstnouth, having been completely refitted. VII* B, —This day a Court Martial' was held on board his Majesty' s ship Magnethime, for the trial of Lieut. James Lilly man, of his Majesty's Ship Skylark, for drunkenness, &ce when the charges being proved, he was sentenced to be dismissed his Majesty's service.--The Court then proceeded to try the Boatswain of his Majesty's Ship Lightning, fur an attempt to commit an unnatural• crime with G. Davis and J. Wood, two boys belonging to.the said Ship, and the chates being fully proved, he Was sentenced to be broke as a Boatswain, and ren dered incapable of serving his Majesty as an Officer for ever ; also to be towed round the Fleet with a halter round his neck, and his crime read, and to be imprisoned in solitary confinement in the Marshal.- sea, for two years, and then to be disposedOt as the Lords Commissioners of the Adiniralty shall think fit ; also to be mulaed of his pay. , WAstriti - aroti, DEC. 2 I.—We 'Understand, -tlir.t when the Embargo Bill cane down from the Senate, ' it only contained the first Saaion. The second Sec tion was added by the House of Representatives,— Motions were made to limit the duration of the Bill and to confine it to American Vessels; both of which were negatived. It was also moved, to ex- empt Vessels from the oparation of it, which by Treaty Stipulations were not subje& to such a pro vision; but this too was negatived. The Opposers of the Bill were only answered by a rude and vociferous call for the question, or by an obstinate and contemptuous silence. The principal Opposers of the Bill were, Messrs KEY, RANDOLPH, GARDENIER, ROWAN, LIVERMORE, QUINCY, EL LIOT, and MASTERS. Messrs. NICHOLAS and SmiLtu were the only two of the Dumb Majority, who condescended to open their mouths on the Bill. . HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES, DEC. 2e. A Bill to provide for the Extinguishment of Claims against the United States, by repealing the Statute of Limitation, was read twice, and referred. The Fortifications Bill was again taken up ; and a Motion to add five hundred thousand dollars to the appropriation, was lost. Ayes 34. Noes 79. \V C MIVC 1.0 vtly ialt; ut.Lutilita Al VILA lalifat• The Ministerialists in Washington dee*e.thOm - selves egregiously, if. they count upon the present existence of the spirit which prevailed in J uly That sensation was wholly created by the outrage on the Chesapeake. That net being disavowed, and honourable reparation having been offered or it, that high spirit has subsided, having nothing to feed upon. GENERAL WHITELOCKE's TRIAL. TENTH DAY. As soon as the Court had assembled this morning, the Evidence given yesterday by Brigadier-General LUMLEY. was read over, which was of the most in teresting nature. The court was very much crowded. ELEVENTH DAY. Brigadier-General LuMLUY's evidence concluded yesterday when Lieut..:Col. LLOYD, ,of the 17th Light Dragoons, underwent an examination, which also concluded, and the Court this Morning proceed ed to the examination of Brig.-Gen. Sir S. Act' mUTY. Sir SAMUEL begun with a very interesting narrative of the operations of the British Forces, from the ar- rival of General Wkt ITELOME, on the ►oth of May, at Monte Video ; and when our Reporter left the Court (as be is necessitated to do at an early hour) be had brought them down to the 4th of July, the day preceding - that of the attack upon the town. Mr. CROWNINSHELD offered a resolution to au thorise the President to, establish Telegraphs in the United States. He said, it would be acknowledged by all, that a prompt communication along our Coast, and frtim different parts of the interior, would be extremely advantageous. For this put pose, he Nvoeld offer a resolution for The eStablishment of te. legraphs. Their utility had been experienced in France, Spain, and England ; and he believed that by means of them information might be conveyed from that House to New York in four hours. He thought the House could not at this time go into a more important measure. Referred to a Committee of the whole to-morrow. Another confidential Message was received from the President ; on which thedoors were shut. .The injunaion of secrecy was this day taken off on the subject which had been discussed since Friday, which was the Embargo - Bill. Query—Does this extend to making public the letters from Mr. Aare minister • STRONG and th e French M. CHAMPAGNY? WASHINGTON, DEC. 25.—" Instead of a merry, we have a sad Christmas; and what is to be the event of political things reqUires more second sight than r have any claim to. The Journal of the late secret Session of the House is published ; by which it appears, that on the teth inct. Mr. Jp.FrEIIAN sent to the House a message recommending ails 7P- Embargo, acceMpanied with letters from Mr. ARMSTRONG, our Minister in Paris, and a communi cation to:him, from M. CHAMPAGNY, the successor .of TALLEYR AND, -as French Minister of Foreign Affairs (which letter and communication are or- An Expedition is in a - state . of . prepnretion for an object et great importance, but the reports reaped dered to be kept secret, and to be returned to the tog woich it would be improper at present to men- President's close cabinet), with Bootle re tere's deter- tion. We May state, however, that according to urination to execute his Blocitading Decree of Nov. letters from Plymouth, Sir SLONE Y SMITH •ig daily expetied at that . Port • frpM the l'agus, as he is to he i 806; and the British Proclamation respeaing sea . employed on tile service to Which we have alluded. men. Mi Raz:DOLPH then moved, that an Embargo " C.ipt.. PARKINSON, who brought the Dispatches relative to the, capture of the Danish West India Wald on allAtnerican Shipping new inPor t, or whi ch Islands, has been appointed to the :,elrdient. , shall hereafter arrive. This Motion was•laid aside, Private Letters from the Savannah of the .9th ult. 'on the receipt of a Bill from the Senate, for jaying an state, (het intelligence arrived there grim, the seat of Embargo. This Bill only contained the'first Seaion' Government, on the eeli, that an einbargo should of the Bill as it passed. The House immediately went be o e l. . , laid upon all American shipping ; Net that the aer was suppressed for two days, for the purpose into Committees on the Bal e d e b ate d i t , an d rose, of favouring the sailing of sis. Ships with valuable without taking any vote on it. -On 'Saturday it was cargoes en board. i The amount of the Unclaimed Dividenels, on the again taken up, and debated the whole day ; and, sth ot January last, was 934,6621., SS. Od. The. the House adjourned' until Monday without taking amount of Unclaimed Lottery Prizes on the same any decisive vote. On'.• Monday the Bill under- day Was t t3,9.:291. • • • ' went many amendments; and the second seaion ,Several Vessels are arrived in t!;e Ricer, from Lisbon, . which place they left on the 171. h alt. was added. The words• letters of. merque ex- The advices received by thi4 conveyance eael le its cepted,: were struck out from the second sealop• to add the following particulars to the intellieonce Mr. Glen= moved, that nothing in the A.Ci should, of which our Readers are Lilready'prissessed.: " The new Decrees and Orders 'of the French. Prehibit "fishing vessels from prosecuting their bitsi. General Jueztrr had been regtdlrly transmitted t ncss. This was negatived. Yeas 45—Nays 82.. the Regency, and by them put into execution. The " The great opposition to this amendment arose furnithro of the British Assembly noon) 'had been from the Members from the Interior. Only "d by JuNP T f u r Go " sterlin g ; the '!"' ve r IP4rt • . • ments: were immediately afterwards - direeled to he O ne Virginia '.Member voted in favouti of your .convetted into stables ; and the tipper roomi, 'which hardy fishermen. IVIr. Muetrono, of New York, .- are, very elegantly construded and .furnished, v.-ere attempted to confine th© term of the' E m b argo to . presented to BRAUHAANGIS, who has taken up his residence there. " The aunt' of British property, which, by virtue 60 days; but his motion was negatived 82 to 46.-ss Mr. QUINCY moved, that the Aa should not be of the Decree of the sth of December, had been entered with Mons. LEGOY, did not athount to co nstrued to contravene pity rights or privileges 140,0001, sterling, Land no etforts,on the part of the arising out of any Treaty bet Ween any Foreign PoWer people were attempted to be made to, increase the and the United States; bUt this Was negatived, amount. The seals had not been raised from the to 52.--The Bill then passed as emended, Yeas doors, of the Of of , Customs ; but this was daily exed, er the. superintendatice of 82 , —Nays 44.—0 n Tuesday the Bill' was signed, who p had been und charged to impure into thena Off ture an icers, d and went into tt_law ; when a Motion passed, that value of the property. Siich•• as should be found to the injunaion of secrecy attached to the :passage of be in any manner connected with 'British Subjects ws to be.eonfiscated.as Bitish roperty, and ,sucla the Bill be taken off. So closed this ex t ra o r d i nar y • as a should cleerly appear t r beleng p to the Subjects of Session. ,forte al . was to be restored , and ;thawed to be sold • " Ydu will, With me, think it rather a pacific for ,their benefit." copies of the Sur'veys made on the Danish Ships symptom than otherwise, when informed that Con~ a! War in out ports have been hid before the iieuse gress, instead of preparing for. 3 ,Vat, if we iire to al e of Coinmone. These Reports contain very ' ton t have War, have been these two days discussing a ' details of their value, dimensions, burthen, farce, constitutional question, about eleaions, as palpable kr, and the time which each - Ship will require to be as that two and two do not make five. But such is primred for h is Ma j est y 's service, -Married, oo the 3d inst. at Fadiliam, Lancashire, the faa." • Vs'ooo, Esq. Careain in the 02d lt,.„;intent. of No accounts of the arrival or the Bestirs Frigate ':-. f MARIk ELEANORA, eldest daughter of the at any Port on the, Cuutinunt baVe.yet boen`i itsv. J. ADA'ASoN, of that place. POETRY. TO Tit!! stsigoav OP L [HUT EN/1 NT.CO LONEL BROWNRIGGI . Friend of my soul I by many ties endear'd, Belov'd, esteeni'd, regretted, and rever'd! Whose innate and transcendent worth I knew Long ere it shone before the public view, In deeds, which must immortalize thy name, Religion was the ground-work of thy fame ! On her firm basis were thy atlions wrought * , And few e'er praCtised better what she taught ; Hence in that scene of devastation drear Thy conscious rectitude forbad all fear.* True to thy God, thy Country, and thy Kii)g; E'en as thy pious soul preparitt to wing To more congenial climes, her glorious flight To the blest realms of everlasting light, Almost thy last faint accents thou didst raise, With generous tc..rvor, on another's praise I How well expressive of thy noble mind! + Long may we seek, Out rarely shall we find, Anotit..x seen ! got Iso truly hrave 1 ;art.telt sorrow which thy early grave Caii'd form throughout all ranks, more strongly Titan Ali the farce of language, how belov'd Thou weft by all. yirstly lamented F timl I . . 0 ! may fly &lei exarxjla Mr extend Its influence! Then tray we hope to be Partakers . of eternal bliss—with Tilt% ! * At the As4•tuit of Monte ViJeo. No man ever took more delight in deing justice to the ot others than Lieut.-Col. Browurigg. t 2N'T- GA R 11;31c. ne'Tl7ft'.ledDid Care , Thaw will it vitl? was - 41 - )rescri,ted I.a't night at thCi TireaLre' :c.l-..1:A.R. - ACT E 1" S Lord BluShil4,le t‘ir. FA W'e E. TT. Sir Arriair St. Al'ash Mr. fors. Al g ernon s L . :Ova (hii I.loa L EmnLL. Cspr.' - Mr. I.E S., Solace - .. . ••• Minvers a g o N. Legis - .•s - Mr. C Gregory • - 7 ,Mr. 'SrArmoNs. S.tho(Sir A rtlitir'S niecekwardNiss SmtTu. Cicely llehoralt (housekeeper to 1.0 - (1 Plushrialq - - - Mrs. DAN/1141'0M. • . The scene lies in a country town. Sir Arthur, big his extravagant mode of living, has brought himself into great distress, though he is the proprietor "a some copper works which yield a considerable int nual profit. ' He is indebted to .4rd Blathcla:e 15,0001„` who agrees to relinquish his , claim, if Sir Arthur Will bestow' his niece Selina on his Lord ship's nephesv33 l an vers. Danvers is an artful and the lady :is averse th the, match.. Selina writes to Algernon, who is at Bath, and on the eve of coals ing_of age, communicating her distress, in anise quence Of which Algernon sends a letter to his father, declaring that he had been Married to Sena six months. This letter of course relieves Seliali from persecution. -But it appears that Algertiqn had private interviews .with Cicety, an ainiabie orphan, who had been brought by se'lace4 who manages the works for Sir 4rthur, and that the girl is much attached to him. Hence Aisfernon--.appesrs to have beerrguilty of great , perfidy, in winning the affeaions.o"f one, and marrying another. ia despair,. quits; the house of her protector Su/ace, Avh , „) had, indeed, - intended to marry her himself, but who generously resigns his pretensions wh e n b e . finds that she is devbted to another. • .Bir ...Irtlirar had. long been at variance with his . son, .couccivin , ,; t h a t the latter had artfully inveigled himself into the Vourqf his deceased uncle,'. who had made a will, in, his favoim At . letigth Algernon obtains an interview , sith his fither,. ; and readily relinquishes his claim of the proPerty his der eased uncle, alledinag fri A t the latter . had left it to him, merely to prevent iti being dissipated by Sir Arthur:. ' Algernon Aliso rtiSrt voUrs the marriage with Selina, who had solicited him to write the letter which pretended that such a union had taken place, es the only expedient to avoid being compelled to give her hand to _Pavers. Dart. very is exposed amt despised by all parties, vliz, , erti44. marries Cicely, and Selina gives her hand .Moderni a lively, fashionable, but arn;able young, man. - It appears that infant Modern is the rightful heir to the title and estate, of Blushdaie, a ; circurn stance that Danvers had concealed in order to keep his uncle in his power ; but the latter is :so sick of the pomp and solicitudes which attend charaders dif rank, that he willingly resigns all his honours to • This piece, though it bears rather the charaaet 'ola dramatic novel than a comedy, is by nt) destitute cif- amuserneut, and has aitogt!ttn,T that is interesting. We cannot say, however, that there is-any thing very new or striking. the atitirol., has evidently derived some of his inaterials from The Heir at Law. The cliicf ililOtt:St arises, frhai the ditliculty of knowing ‘! How it will end," and the 'author has :;hewn considerable keeping the Catastrophe so well cehceated that it is impossible to anticipate it. • ISobJciy can tell how . Algernon is to clear himself fram the Suspicion of having.aaed treacherounly towlOis Cicely, anz! tivit the supposed marriage, Was ao,eis.oediero,Lisvised by 'Selina to avoid'a cotripulsory.union. In order, 600. , - ever, to conceA the final event, thenuthor was pro frotis giving Such .in appearance' of attach meat between Selina and ,Modera os aceettat for their subsequent marriage ; and hence that event appears to be too abrupt.-- , 4lut the coni;'dy is t:1- 'together diverting, and gives exercise to the 6, A) , lent affedioas. , The hero of the piece is Soiace.- 41gernon dnes not eater till the list ad, and lie little to do, though in all the preparatory accounts of him he - was expeaed to be a c tly the hie f m to o i s l . o u f en i : l i r n . the dramatic machihe, e centric turn of leis mind ( R bn i i Li :s a : l l : l : n o ' s ix ;c ia r i : P s a i b . :l c 6d ' e e tae a sd i t i n: i s i a lsl n eg et- fa s n i d r y l e t a ulations, parliamentary eli! was very well Supported by the perfrmers, parti•-• cularly Esagusr, POPE, BRUNTOg, CkIAg:.K.IOIIILB, FAWL;ETT, Miss. Small, and Lewis,. Miss Nou- TON also deserves: commendation for the feeling 81 100 : g ; uiv ' he Prologue . P ' w P m ki h r Ye ol i.c g d noticeable. 4) 4„w rle l pi it ii ii : e by Miss. Smitrit, he house was crowded, and the piece, with a very few dissentients, was announced for this eiron. ins with the hearty consent of the t. iu - 4 ;~,, y Yesterday the, T)uke of Y OR K h e ld a p u bli c at bis Off fl Office in theorse Guards, and gave audiences to 3 number of Military Officers, NYith extreme concern we receive accounts from Scotland, of the death. of Lord ELcito. t - fis was a .4crics of kindness; which endeared him to , ad, ranks ha„ society. BeneVolence and charity tigmed h is chn,Vier ; ,in foal affedion and obedience he was unexampled, as well as in all the other relative duties. ' As a friend,' a 'husband and a father, c.a7 since rity of his attachments, the suavity of his mac ' oers, , ;Ind the ,stirling worth of his domestic viri , ios, secured him that degree of fender atfi..diort frorii his connexions; which cats only beestimated b ; steep grief that his death has occasioned. He ' l / 4 ' Sincere and undisguised in his friendship, without prude, caul humility without inittiness., bnppily blended through the whole to car hiarneicfo condriet Be bore a most painfel iltness uncommon fortiinde, Christian patience,, and resignation, and his loss - must universally be tle plored. CORN-EXCHANGV, 10.— There are soma I further arrivals of Wheat to-day,, which is its nlid , dling supply, and heavy in Sale at 4 stivili teciutaion 1 i n pyier: ; good Barley keeps its price ; Malt like wise ; very few White l'eltse, and Grey are cheaper; in Owns little alteration ; Oats also, and not ,tminv at .hand: our lass ; very little Amcricatt,.. Which is higher- 4 fine, 44i to 4 tis, pbc barrel. '